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== Anime & Manga ==
* All [[Digimon (Franchise)|Digimon]] in most seasons have this, though ''[[Digimon Tamers (Anime)|Digimon Tamers]]'' averted it. When they're killed, they merely turn into a Digi-egg and are reborn, though it varies if they remember their previous life or not. A plot point in ''[[Digimon Savers (Anime)|Digimon Savers]]'' is the [[Big Bad]], [[Complete Monster|Kurata]] found a way to prevent them from coming back to life after death.
* [[Big Bad|Asakura Hao]] in ''[[Shaman King]]'', who reincarnates himself every 500 years (having done this twice at the time of the series) to compete in the Shaman Fight. Could possibly reincarnate more frequently, just chooses not to.
 
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== Live Action TV ==
* On ''[[Blood Ties (TV)|Blood Ties]]'' a couple of lovers had this power. After death they would be reincarnated and their old memories would come back once they reached puberty. They would find each other again and they would spend another lifetime as a couple. Things go awry when the woman dies in an accident that also puts the man in a coma for ten years. When he finally reincarnates and gets his memories back he can't find her.
 
 
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== Tabletop Games ==
* The Reborn of the ''[[Old World of Darkness (Tabletop Game)|Old World of Darkness]]'' are effectively human in every way that matters - but every time they die, they're [[Reincarnation|reincarnated]] as babies, and have to grow up all over again. As they mature, each new incarnation recalls the memories of all their previous incarnations.
 
 
== Video Games ==
* The fae and arasai in ''[[Ever Quest II (Video Game)|Ever Quest II]].'' When they die, either of natural or unnatural causes, a spirit bud is created which regenerates the body until they are ready to be reborn. However, the spirit bud can be destroyed, which leads to the fae or arasai's permanent death.
* Dogmeat in ''[[Fallout|Fallout 3]]'', if ''Broken Steel'' is installed and a certain perk is taken, gains this form of immortality. Every time he is killed, he is reincarnated in a new body as Dogmeat's Puppy.
* From ''[[Blood Rayne]]'', a [[Plant Person|Flower Child’s]] life cycle is a true cycle. They can die and be reborn a seemingly unlimited number of times, provided they aren’t killed before reaching physical maturity. Once they die, a large plant grows from their grave (that plant being whatever type of flower they’re based on). This plant bears a ‘fruit’ which is basically a womb, in which the Flower Child’s new body develops. They are then ‘born’ exactly one year after their death, in the form of a five-year-old child.
* The Chao in the ''[[Sonic Adventure (Video Game)|Sonic Adventure]] Series'' can come back from death this way if raised correctly. In fact, dying and being reborn twice is one of the requirements for a Chao to become a perfectly immortal Chaos Chao.
* Michael Roa Valdamjong from ''[[Tsukihime (Visual Novel)|Tsukihime]]'' invented a magic that allows him to reincarnate in a previously selected infant body if his current one is killed.
* Zasalamel from the ''[[Soul Series]]'' series was originally one of the protectors of Soul Calibur. Against the warnings of one of his fellow tribesmen, Zasalamel discovers the secrets of reincarnation. Over the ages, he regrets this decision, [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|as he realizes that his newfound powers aren't all they're cracked up to be]]. Thus, he maddeningly seeks the means to end his life for good. After killing himself with [[Evil Weapon|Soul Edge]] and being unable to find the spirit sword he was once tasked with protecting, Zasalamel spends the duration of ''Soulcalibur III'' [[The Chessmaster|plotting to restore the soul swords to their full power so he can absorb their energies and finally break his cycle of death and rebirth]]. He succeeds, but sees a vision of the future during his ritual. Amazed by the potential of humanity, Zasalamel, [[Living Forever Is Awesome|feeling an urge to live again]], decides to keep his "curse" and guide mankind toward the vision he glimpsed.
* Dracula in the ''[[Castlevania]]'' series has this in addition to his continual resurrections. After being [[Killed Off for Real]] (supposedly) in the Battle of 1999 and his soul sealed away, he was reincarnated to live as a human again, until said human found out he was Dracula and [[Castlevania: Chronicles of Sorrow|the Sorrow games happened]]. Interesting in this case because the reincarnation ''didn't'' happen immediately. Pieces of Drac's power were incarnated in Graham, Dmitrii, and Dario, who were born at the time he was defeated, but the actual inheritor of his soul, {{spoiler|[[Tomato in Thethe Mirror|Soma Cruz]]}}, was born about sixteen years later.
 
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